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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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